GHSA-whrh-9j4q-g7ph
CSRF Vulnerability in polaris-website
Impact
CSRF vulnerability: In some very specific circumstances, an attacker would be able to update your settings. Basically you would need to navigate to hackersite.com while logged into our panel. Then they could modify your settings. They couldn't check if it worked, nor could they read your settings.
Patches
As of v1.1.1 this has been patched by implementing the Double submit pattern using a cookie.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Polaris-React
- Email us at hi@nezto.re
- Join our discord (preferred): https://discord.gg/QevWabU
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
What each source reports
GitHub Advisories Score used
CSRF Vulnerability in polaris-website
Impact
CSRF vulnerability: In some very specific circumstances, an attacker would be able to update your settings. Basically you would need to navigate to hackersite.com while logged into our panel. Then they could modify your settings. They couldn't check if it worked, nor could they read your settings.
Patches
As of v1.1.1 this has been patched by implementing the Double submit pattern using a cookie.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Polaris-React
- Email us at hi@nezto.re
- Join our discord (preferred): https://discord.gg/QevWabU
- Record
GHSA-whrh-9j4q-g7ph- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
CSRF Vulnerability in polaris-website
Impact
CSRF vulnerability: In some very specific circumstances, an attacker would be able to update your settings. Basically you would need to navigate to hackersite.com while logged into our panel. Then they could modify your settings. They couldn't check if it worked, nor could they read your settings.
Patches
As of v1.1.1 this has been patched by implementing the Double submit pattern using a cookie.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Polaris-React
- Email us at hi@nezto.re
- Join our discord (preferred): https://discord.gg/QevWabU
- Record
GHSA-whrh-9j4q-g7ph- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
polaris-websitenpm | before 1.1.1 | 1.1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
GHSA-whrh-9j4q-g7ph is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in polaris-website, published August 5, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in polaris-website 1.1.1.
References
github.com/polaris-rbx/Polaris-React/security/advisories/GHSA-whrh-9j4q-g7ph
medium.com/cross-site-request-forgery-csrf/double-submit-cookie-pattern-65bb71d80d9f
owasp.org/www-community/attacks/csrf
barracuda.com/glossary/csrf
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-POLARISWEBSITE-597473